England Arise: National Tour

IN 1914, the young men and women of Huddersfield Socialist Sunday School believe passionately in a better world.  Inspired by the revolutionary art, music and literature of the times, Arthur Gardiner and Percy Ellis refuse to take arms against their fellow workers and fight in the First World War.


Buoyed on by the support of their community, both at home and abroad, they take on the military in a momentous battle.  They suffer prison and brutality, and are taken to breaking point in a war of wills.
It costs them everything – except their conscience.


National Tour
24 & 25 October
LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE
Huddersfield
01484 430 528
30 & 31 October
KARDOMAH 94
Hull
01482 363 004
1 November
CARRIAGEWORKS THEATRE
Leeds
0113 224 3801
4 November
CAST
Doncaster
01302 303 959
7 November
SUNDERLAND STAGES
Royalty Theatre, Sunderland
0844 870 0887
9 November
SQUARE CHAPEL
Halifax
01422 349 422
10 & 11 November
MECHANICS THEATRE
Wakefield
01924 789 815
14 & 15 November
PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM
Manchester
07508 421 749
18 & 19 November
PIONEERS MUSEUM
Rochdale
01706 524 920
Inspired by the book ‘Comrades In Conscience’, by Cyril Pearce, drawing on Jill Liddington’s story of the Northern women’s suffrage movement, ‘Rebel Girls’, and using first hand source material,
England, Arise! brings to life a world of young people full of ideas, good humour and optimism for a brighter tomorrow.
For them power comes from knowledge, not a gun.
This is a story of hope.
Written by Mick Martin
Directed by Jude Wright
Designed by Barney George
Music by Jamie Lockhart & Lee Smith
www.bentarchitect.co.uk